Cullen Bunn outlines 'The Sixth Gun'

Writer Cullen Bunn has lifted the lid on his Oni Press series The Sixth Gun.

Penned by Bunn and illustrated by Brian Hurtt, the Western comic follows a woman who inherits a pistol with supernatural powers.

"At some point while I was writing The Damned, I got this idea about a magic pistol. Nowadays, I don't even remember much about what it could do," he told Newsarama.

"I tried to work it into The Damned, but it just didn't mesh as part of that universe. So, I started thinking of other stories centred on this cursed weapon. Eventually, the notion of the Wild West dawned on me."

Discussing the book's plot, he added: "For the first story arc, we focus on the guns - the Six - more than any other item, but we definitely have our characters entering a few mystical locales. As the story progresses beyond the first arc, you'll definitely be seeing additional mystical items, people and places."

The first issue of The Sixth Gun is available to read for free via the official Oni Press website.